Lecture 12: Design of Plug and Slot Weld

A Slot Weld is just like a plug weld It is made in a hole that is in a lap joint or a tee joint which joins the metal to the top of the other piece of metal

Lecture 12: Design of Plug and Slot Weld How to calculate the shear stresses in bevelled slot welds connecting two plates References: “Steel Design for Engineers and Architects”, 1992:

A Slot Weld is just like a plug weld It is made in a hole that is in a lap joint or a tee joint which joins the metal to the top of the other piece of metal

plug slot weld With slot welds, one surface is joined to another through an elongated hole The difference between plug and slot welds is that the plug weld's

Types of welding joints part-4-Slot weld,plug weld,full & partial penetration weld 144 views

plug weld and slot weld FIGURE 9 SURFACING, PLUG AND SLOT WELDS the first member Slot Weld the hole Fillet Weld This type weld is shown in figure 6, view L

Plug and slot welds are expressly prohibited in certain codes for reasons others have already mentioned In terms of cost, field bolted